Kenya’s Vice-President said yesterday that election results had been tampered
with and called for an immediate halt to the counting process as a fourth
fraught day without an outcome took its toll on people’s pockets.

Both leading presidential candidates dropped below the 50 per cent mark last
night, raising the prospect of a run-off, expected to be held in May or
June. Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya’s founding president who is due to
stand trial for crimes against humanity in July, had 48.7 per cent. Raila
Odinga, his closest rival, was on 45.6 per cent.